UPDATE: Judge says work should stop at West Brook field house

Updated 5:43 pm, Thursday, August 4, 2011

A ruling in federal court could determine whether work on new fieldhouse at West Brook High School in Beaumont can continue. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

A ruling in federal court could determine whether work on new fieldhouse at West Brook High School in Beaumont can continue. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

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UPDATE: Judge says work should stop at West Brook field house

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A civil district judge granted an injunction to stop construction work at the West Brook field house, but will decide later whether work should be stopped on the school's auditorium.

Judge Milton Gunn Shuffield's order will take effect once the plaintiff's attorney's post a $10,000 bond. Mike Getz, one of plaintiff L&L General Contractors attorneys, said that will happen either Friday or Monday.

In his four-page order, Getz said Shuffield noted BISD will be burdened as a result of the injunction, but that if it would follow the law there would not be a continued problem.

Getz said Shuffield is going to have a full evidentiary hearing on the auditorium in the future. That date has not been set.

Previous Reporting: A civil district judge will decide this afternoon whether to grant a temporary restraining order to stop work on Beaumont ISD's West Brook field house and auditorium.

Judge Milton Gunn Shuffield of the 136th Civil District Court heard testimony from attorneys for Beaumont ISD and LaBelle-based L&L General Contractors in his courtroom Thursday morning.

L&L's attorneys, David Vann de Cordova Jr. and Michael Getz, said Beaumont ISD did not comply with the bid statutes of the Texas Education Code when it bid the field house and auditorium projects.

Beaumont ISD attorney Melody Chappell contends the district did comply with the statute.